25 “I Knew It” Instances That Confirm Gut Feelings Are Real

Whether it’s about love, work, health, or even the supernatural, the “I knew it” moments remind us to trust our instincts and sometimes, just sometimes, validate our suspicions. Recently, a Reddit user posed a thought-provoking question: “What was your ‘I knew it’ moment?” The responses ranged from hilarious to heartwarming, and here are some of the standout stories shared by Redditors.

#1

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Suffered from chronic lower back pain for years. Went to the doctor who flippantly told me to fix my posture.

Went to a chiro who told me to come in weekly for “adjustment.”

Gave up for a while.

Went to another doctor who took an x-ray and told me there wasn’t anything wrong with me.

One day I went to the doctor for a hernia who had me take an MRI. Was told the MRI would be like 20 minutes, ended up being 45.

Doctor sits me down and says, “Yeah, that’s a hernia all right … but did you know that you have degenerative disc disease? The discs in your lower spine are some of the worst I’ve ever seen.”

Blew my mind that it took like 15 years of chronic lower back pain to get diagnosed for something that went on a doctor’s wall of fame.

#2

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I’m a supply chain professional. In the very early days of covid’s impact here in the US, myself and many people like me saw what was happening in China and other places and knew, for certain,  that there was a massive supply chain shock and crazy inflation coming.

It was extremely obvious and predictable,  months before it hit full force. I kept waiting and waiting for someone in the government to talk and do something about it, but no one did. Then it happened.

Then, I heard countless outlets from the wall street journal to Bloomberg to John oliver talking about it and pointing out these factors and causes, that me and hundreds of people like me, were fluently aware of and saw coming clear as day, months ago.

That was when I really lost faith in the system, and I didn’t have that much to begin with.

#3

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I read the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which made me think I was on the spectrum. I brought it up with my mom who was shocked to hear that I knew. I learned I was diagnosed as a child but my parents didn’t know how to tell me.

#4

Told my parents for years as a kid I didn’t like my grandmother and felt something very off about her… found out when we were older she did some pretty horrible things to my sister…

My mom still talks about how intuitive I was as a kid and she wishes she listened to my gut back then. Smh.

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#5

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Ellen Degeneres. I’ve always kinda been wary of her. She’s just always rubbed me the wrong way. I was a hater of her for a while. Turns out I was right.

#6

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As a kid i told my brother that pressing the button harder made the planes in ace combat 5 accelerate more, he didnt believe me, years later i found out the ps2 had pressure sensitive buttons and i was right.

#7

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Suspected my wife was cheating for months, then I found the plan B pill instructions on our car, I’ve had a vasectomy for more than 7 years.

#8

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When I woke up and read the news regarding the Brussels airport bombing in 2016, I just knew my father had to have almost got caught up in it.

My father has been awful close to being a victim of several terrorist attacks (was supposed to be at the WTC on 9/11, was in London during the subway bombings, was sitting 2 blocks away during the truck rampage in Stockholm). So when I read the news, I called him. Turns out he was on an inbound flight about to land, and they got redirected to amsterdam.

And before anyone asks – yes, I’m sure he’s not secretly some terrorist mastermind!

#9

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When an ex-friend got busted for sleeping with a student. I always thought it was inappropriate how she acted outside of school. She would text students on weekends using her number and not a classroom app. She claimed it was for questions about homework, projects, etc. She then invited students to come and watch her perform for a shadow cast of Rocky horror where she played Janet, so she’s in her underwear 70% of the show. Fast forward a few years after all this and I get a message with a news article of her being arrested for f*****g a student. Worst part I had friends that still supported her saying it’s not really a big deal since he was 16-17 and the she of consent is 16. She’s in a position of power and umm ewwww.

#10

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That he was the one after a disastrous first date.

He picked me up and we went to a local walking park. After returning to his car it wouldn’t start. We both had to walk home and just as I said well at least it’s not raining the heavens opened, I was soaked through by the time I got home

I got back home not expecting to hear from him again but he rang me when he got home and started the conversation with “I bet you’ve never been that wet on a first date before” we both laughed it off and been stuck with eachother since.

#11

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The day I confirmed my ex had secretly turned into an alcoholic was pretty rough. Long story short, she showed up to my house stumbling and then it clicked…all those times I thought it was alcohol in her breath it was—I had just been gas lit to believe other wise.

#12

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When i was 8 i looked at my mom and asked her if she was pregnant, she said no, and i asked if she was sure and she doubled down. i then said, “well you should probably start going to the gym you’re getting kinda fat.”

About a week later she announced in front of the whole family that she was in fact pregnant. she just didn’t wanna tell me before everyone else lol.

#13

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I confronted my bf that he was cheating on me. He repeatedly said “I haven’t been with another woman since I met you.” I know, I said. I continued with the allegation. He kept insisting “no other woman since I met you.” Over and over until.

It clicked.

He stopped talking. I saw it in his eyes. He knew I knew.

We were talking about men, not women.

#14

Mine is milder than a lot on here, but when I put on some shapewear and it made my insides feel funny. I had had a tubal four years before, and my husband and I had only had sex once in the previous few months (depression on my part), so he and my sister kept telling me there was no way, especially since it had only been about three weeks since our one-off. Next morning I puked and took the damn test. My surprise caboose is 7 now, and I finally got one that looks like me, lol.

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#15

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Big town hockey coach on local tv always gave me the creeps for some reason. Then years later he was charged with molesting players.

#16

I had a lot of suspicions that my ex was cheating. It started out small, like she was just starting to close herself in more. I thought it was stress and depression so I gave her space and she only wanted more and more space. She never wanted to talk to me about it and any approach I made was met with hostility. One day I went to check her PC for something and noticed her login wasn’t the same. For the 5 years we’d been together, it was always the same and that’s what gave me the first gut feeling. I went onto my PC and tried logging into her FB to; 1.Maybe see if it would answer what’s going on with her or 2.see if that password has been changed too. Turned out all her passwords were suddenly changed. I didn’t wanna believe that it might be cheating so I thought I’d at least be transparent and ask her why she decided to change everything. She was shocked, angry and fumbled her answer which really made my feelings even worse.

We were quite open with each other and had an open door rule with accounts and what not as she’d been cheated on before so she wanted to know she could “make sure” I wasn’t doing anything suspicious.

One day I saw she left her PC logged in as she went to take a shower. So I took the opportunity to use our original policy and see what she’d been up to. It didn’t take me long to find a bunch of conversations between her and a guy she’d met playing GTA RP. When she got out of the shower and saw me sitting in her chair her face looked a bit worried. So I started by asking her “so you and Avery huh?”.

My only regret is that I tried to make it work after, in an attempt to save the house. Should have told her to pack a bag and gtfo before I show everyone her explicit conversations.

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#17

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She told me she broke off all contact with the other guy so that we could focus on us and our relationship. She went to the kitchen to get some wine while watched the netflix Lemony Snicket and forgot her phone the couch. It lit up with a message from the other guy, with the text preview saying “i love you so much baby we’ll get through this”. I already knew, but it was nice to get the evidence that I knew.

#18

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My brother asking me for money to buy a car and me telling him he can’t drive and he’s going to hurt somebody or end up in trouble. He told me he’d buy the car one way or another. It wasn’t even 24 hours before he was in jail for driving without a license under the influence of d***s.

#19

These two boys from my middle school wanted to drive me around town and take me to some places. I had a weird feeling about it, so I declined. They were pushy, but I eventually blocked. A week later, a girl was sexually abused badly by the same boys.

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#20

During the pandemic, I was diagnosed on a video call with Multiple Sclerosis. It’s a tricky diagnosis to get in many cases, since it’s a complex temporally and spacially oriented diagnosis.  The day I finally had the badge of Dx that opened the door for aggressive treatments was truly a good day. While other doctors told me “nah, it’s not MS”, i was integrating risk and accumulating brain and spinal damage. And I knew it.

Turning that corner brought tears of relief, if Im being honest. Followed quickly by those of dismay, naturally. .

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#21

When I was a kid I was watching the news with my parents and they were interviewing the lady who killed her kids by drowning them in a car (horrible story in the 90’s) and I blurted out “she did it.” My parents go super mad at me and said I shouldn’t say things like that, blah, blah, blah. Sure enough. She did it.

I could just tell somehow. My family still talks about it. They think I have some gift. I was just sad someone could do that to their kids.

Edit for spelling.

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#22

When Susan Smith, of South Carolina, claimed a black man had stolen her car with her two sons in the back seat, I could TELL she was lying.

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#23

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When I was in highschool I thought my stepmother was cheating on my dad. Me and a friend rode out bikes up to the mall and as soon as we walked in I saw her and some guy sitting across from each other right in front of the food court. My stepmother was so shocked seeing me her eyes got as big as pie plates. As they were walking away he put his arm around her and they were whispering something to each other.

#24

June 1994, San Francisco, Candlestick Park for the Giants game. Walking with a couple of buddies in the concession areas waiting for the game to start. Instead of the PA system, announcing the pregame festivities, announcements, etc., The news broadcast of the white bronco making a run for the border was playing. When the O.J. Simpson story first broke days before, we couldn’t believe that the Juice could have had anything to do with it. My friend looked at us as we stood there listening to the police chase of the Bronco and said, “You know, that’s not what innocent people do.”.

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#25

Scott Peterson.
The day he spoke about his wife with all her family supporting him, I told my husband, “He killed her”.

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